Messy Commute Could Await Camden County Drivers Tuesday Morning

The Camden County Department of Public Works is preparing for a storm that could bring a messy mix of weather to the region and disrupt the Tuesday morning commute. Light rain or snow is expected to develop Monday afternoon. The result could be a coating to an inch of snow on the ground Tuesday morning. South Jersey is under a hazardous weather outlook.

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At the public works complex in Lindenwold, county officials said more than 100 pieces of equipment are available to keep county roadways passable. When the weather becomes treacherous, personnel will be dispatched to 12 winter maintenance districts to salt and plow 1,200 lane miles of roadways across Camden County. The county’s response plan calls for crews to be dispatched only to the zones where they are needed.

“If you don’t have to travel, please stay off the roads to give our crews the ability to effectively do their job. Anyone on the roadways during the storm should be prepared to encounter slick road conditions. Always leave at least six car lengths behind our DPW vehicles while they work, and move any cars off the street and into a driveway while we continue our operations,” Freeholder Susan Shin Angulo, liaison to the Camden County Department of Public Works, said. “Remember that it is illegal in New Jersey to plow or shovel snow from private property into roadways.”

Residents are reminded to call 911 for emergencies only. Anyone who sees a problem on a county road should call the county’s 24-hour hotline at 856-566-2980 to report it to the Department of Public Works.

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